Soap receptacle



J. A. BANDY.

SOAP RE CEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2| 1921.

1,404,730, Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. BANDY, 0F ARKANSAS CITY, ARKANSAS.

SOAP REGEPTACLE.

Application filed May 2,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. BANDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arkansas Citly, in the county of Desha and State of rkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap Receptacles, of which the following is' a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in soap receptacles.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a soap receptacle which will support a cake of soap for perfect drainage to permit maximum hardening of the same between intervals of use, thereby preventing undue deterioration and dissipation of the cake of soap.

A further object of .the invention is the provision of a soap receptacle of the above described character, which will evenly sup port a cake of soap during the reduction of its size incidental to consumption, until the same has reached its minimum size for practical use.

Other objects of the improved soap receptacle include means for retaining liquid drained from the soap; and means to facilitate the grasping of a cake of soap sup-- ported thereby.

Further objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the'following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a. part of this specification, and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal cross sectional view taken through the improved receptacle and showing the cooperating parts thereof.

Figure 2 1s a plan view of the improved sogp receptacle. I

igure 3 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of a modified form of soap receptacle.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of this invention, the container A v is preferably formed of porcelain or some analogous material, the same being substantially rectangular in formation to provide the lnterior 10 thereof as a pocket for retaining liquids. The container K can, of course, be made of galvanized metal and in the more expensive receptacles, the same Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 31, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 466,165.

can be manufactured with a nickle plated finish.

The preferred embodiment is provided with a detachable cover B provided with peripheral flanges 11 around all sides thereof to rest directly upon the top of the container A. The plate B is preferably provided with donwardly tapering sides, said sides being substantially V-shaped in formation, the end sides 12 and 13 being relatively narrower than the intermediate sides 14 and 15. The sides 12 and 15 inclusive may be formed integral of a single piece of material, and stamped to such formation by a suitable die. However, the-same can likewise be formed of substantially flat V-shaped pieces forming the sides, and which sides can be secured, as by welding or soldering, upon their inclined edges to each other, and as illustrated in Figure 2. The converging points of the sides 12 to 15 inclusive, is a point preferably centrally of the plate B,.said plate B at this point of convergence being provided with the aperture 16.

In stamping the sides 12 and 13, 1t is pre' ferred that the projections 20 be formed thereon in rows, extending parallel with the flange 11 upon the respective sides. The rows of projections 20 are formed at evenly spaced intervals downwardly upon the top surfaces of the sides 12 and 13, and toward the aperture 16. In the preferred form of the invention the projections 20 are stamped into the material forming the sides and upward to substantially V-shaped formatlon' with respect to the which the projection 1s formed. The sides 12 and 13 are identical and when assembled to form the plate B whereby said sides are tapered as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, one side of each project on wlll then lie in a horizontal plane to provide supporting surfaces. These horizontal supporting surfaces of one row of pro ectlons upon a plate 12 will lie in exactly the same plane as the horizontal faces of a simllarly positioned row of projections 20 upon the plate 13. Due to the V-shaped formation of the sides 12 and 13, the number of projections.

20 in each row will decrease as the rows of each of the sides 12 and 13.

articular side upon v scribed for the The sides 14 and 15, which are intermediately disposed to connect the sides12 and 13 in forming the tapered supporting plate B, are preferably provided with 'rows of projections 24 adjacent their marginal edges which are connected to the sides 12 and 13. The projections 24 upon the sides 14 and 15 are so disposed therein and in the same formation-as the projections 20, that when the sides 12 to 15 inclusive are. assembled,

the horizontal faces of the projections 24.

will lie in the plane defined by similarly positioned projections upon the sides 12 and 13, and as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. Theremaining portions 25 and 26 of the sides 14 and 15 respectively, are unbroken and free of any projections, for a purpose to be set forth.

In the modified form of this invention, the container A and plate B are of integral formation, the same being cast or molded in a single piece, and provided with projections 20 upon the various sides forming the plate B, said projections occupying the same relation with respect to each other as above depreferred form of this invention.

When the plate B is assembled upon the container A, the said plate B will taper downwardly into the pocket 10 of container A, the aperture 16 of said plate B terminating short of the bottom 28 of said container. After a person uses a cake of soap 29, as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings, the same is placed upon the plate' B of the'soap container and will naturally find a horizontal position thereon by resting upon the horizontal faces of projections 20 of similarly positioned rows of said projections 20 upon the sides 12 and 13, at the same time resting upon the projections 24 of sides 14 and 15; all of which projections are provided with horizontal upper sides which lie in substantially the same plane to receive said cake of soap 29. Thus a plurallty of supporting points are provided for the soap, whereby liquid upon the soap can dram downwardly over the upper surfaces of the tapered sides 12 to 15 inclusive, said llquld contlnuing downwardly through the aperture 16, and into the pocket 10 of the container A.

As the cak of soap 29 is consumed by use, the same will be proportionately reduced in all its dimensions, until when the same reaches a size such as illustrated in dotted lines at 30 upon Figure 1 of the drawings, said cake of soap will then rest upon the next downwardly succeeding row of. pro ections 20 and 24. As the cake of soap1s further reduced in size, the same supporting means is provided regardless of reduction of such size, can be readily drained over the inclined sides of the plate B, whereby the cake of and liquid thereon modified form of container is therefore of importance, in that when said container upsets, there will be no liability of loss of liquid from the pocket 10 due to the inclined side of the cover plate B and the close proximity of the aperture 16* therein with respect to the bottom of this type of soap receptacle.

From the foregoing it can b seen that a soap receptacle has been provided which is simple in construction and practical, in that a cake of soap can be maintained in its hardened condition throughout the various stages of reduction incident to use.

Various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be made to the forms of the invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim 1. A soap receptacle comprising an indownwardly succeeding rows, the projec-' tions in each row being spaced apart.

3. A soap receptacle, comprising a plate formed of substantially V-shap'ed sides, said sides being integrally connected adjacent their inclined edges and converging into an aperture formed substantially centrally of said plate, supporting projections formed on certain opposite sides and arranged in ios evenly spaced downwardl succeeding rows thereon, certain other si es provided with spaced projections adjacent their edge connections with said first mentioned sides, and in alignment with the rows of projections on said sides whereby a smooth surface is presented on said second mentioned series of sides to facilitat'e gripping of a cake of soap resting on said supporting projectionsw 4. A soap receptacle, comprising an in; wardly tapering body providing a pocket decreasing in size from the entrance opening, and step projections-therein arranged in planes, the projections in each plane being spaced apart, certain opposite sides of iii each plane spaced further apart t said projections. 1

JOHN A. BANDY.

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